Bridget Griffen-FoleyFAHA (born 27 June 1970) is a professor in the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature,Macquarie University,New South Wales. She is author, co-author or editor of a large number of reference works and published articles on a wide range of topics relating to the histories of Australian newspapers, radio, and television outlets.
Griffen-Foley gained her BA in Modern History and English from Macquarie University in 1991, with Honours in 1992. She gained her PhD in Modern History at Macquarie in 1996, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at theUniversity of Sydney. She was appointed professor of Media Studies at Macquarie in 2013 and founder of the Centre for Media History in 2007, serving as its director 2007–2016.[1]
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Griffen-Foley has been involved with theAustralian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) since 2000, firstly with its NSW Working Party, and more recently joining the Editorial Board in 2017.[4] As of February 2023[update], she had written 16 biographies for the ADB. Mainly of journalists and media proprietors, subjects includeSir Frank Packer andSir Warwick Fairfax.[5]
Bridget is the twin sister[8] ofLuke Aquinas Foley (born 27 June 1970).
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